PROBLEM: The assessment of hospital-related stressors experienced by child and adolescent patients on a psychiatric inpatient unit. SUBJECTS: Child and adolescent inpatients (N = 40) admitted to an acute, short-term psychiatric unit. METHODS: A newly developed stressor survey was administered to subjects to identify the most problematic stressors. Correlation analyses were used to assess associations between hospital-related stress and adjustment variables. FINDINGS: Broad domains and specific items of the most problematic hospital-related stressors were revealed. Also, higher levels of hospital-related stress were consistently associated with poorer hospital-based adjustment. CONCLUSIONS: Implications for treatment include identifying hospital-related stressors for individual patients and providing interventions to enhance coping.
PROBLEM: The assessment of hospital-related stressors experienced by child and adolescent patients on a psychiatric inpatient unit. SUBJECTS:Child and adolescent inpatients (N = 40) admitted to an acute, short-term psychiatric unit. METHODS: A newly developed stressor survey was administered to subjects to identify the most problematic stressors. Correlation analyses were used to assess associations between hospital-related stress and adjustment variables. FINDINGS: Broad domains and specific items of the most problematic hospital-related stressors were revealed. Also, higher levels of hospital-related stress were consistently associated with poorer hospital-based adjustment. CONCLUSIONS: Implications for treatment include identifying hospital-related stressors for individual patients and providing interventions to enhance coping.
Authors: Victoria W Joyce; Christopher D King; Carol C Nash; Lauren A M Lebois; Kerry J Ressler; Ralph J Buonopane Journal: Adm Policy Ment Health Date: 2019-11